WORKSHOP: Constitutional Rights, Judicial Independence and the Transition to Democracy; November 13-16, 2014, -New York Law School

这次讲习班将汇集各种国际和跨学科的从业人员、法学和社会科学学者以及在以下领域具有专长的创新法律教师：向民主过渡；全球化和法律；宪法法院的作用；法律和社会运动；法律多元化和习惯法；经济和社会权利；以及法律教育对法律职业和法律的影响。其更广泛的影响包括促进美国和南非学者之间的更深层次联系，帮助南非律师和社会科学家保护人权，以及在美国提高对南非面临的挑战及其对民主和法律思维的贡献的认识。讲习班将围绕五个核心主题持续进行一系列有条理的讨论：司法独立；司法干预的潜力、限制和陷阱；文化、传统、公众抵抗和维护权利方面的精英压力；公共利益法；社会经济权利和恢复原状。论文将提前提交，并在研讨会网站上提供给其他演讲者，该网站也将作为额外相关读物和材料的资源。每一主题都将举行一次全体会议，然后围绕与该主题有关的特定问题举行小组会议，最后举行一次汇报会议。每期会议的讨论摘要将张贴在研讨会的网站上。将设计小组，将社会法律和法律学者、法律教育工作者和从业人员聚集在一起。它将包括来自代表性不足的群体的参与者，以及职业生涯早期的学者和学生。

This workshop will bring together a diverse international and interdisciplinary group of practitioners, scholars in both law and social science, and innovative law teachers with expertise in the processes of transition to democracy; globalization and law; the role of constitutional courts; law and social movements; legal pluralism and customary law; economic and social rights; and the impact of legal education on legal professions and law. Its broader impacts include fostering deeper connections between American and South African scholars, assisting South African lawyers and social scientists in protecting human rights, and building awareness in the United States both of the challenges South Africa faces and of the contributions to democratic and legal thinking that it is making. The workshop will be a sustained series of structured discussions around five core themes: judicial independence; the potential, limits and pitfalls of judicial intervention; culture, tradition, public resistance and elite pressure in the assertion of rights; public interest law; and socioeconomic rights and restitution. Papers will be submitted in advance and made available to other presenters on a workshop website, which will also serve as a resource for additional relevant readings and materials. Each theme will be introduced with a plenary session, followed by small-group meetings around particular issues bearing on that theme, and culminating in a report-back session. Summaries of each session's discussions will be posted on the workshop website. Panels will be designed to bring together socio-legal and legal scholars, legal educators, and practitioners. It will include participants who are from under-represented groups and who are early-career scholars and students.